Art as Sanctuary: A Four-Year Mixed-Methods Evaluation of a Visual Art Course Addressing Uncertainty Through

Deepthiman Gowda1, Rachel Dubroff, Anna Willieme

  • 1D. Gowda is director of clinical practice, Program in Narrative Medicine, director, Foundations of Clinical Medicine, and associate professor of medicine, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York; ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7124-7615. R. Dubroff is assistant professor of clinical medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York. A. Willieme is founder and director, ArtMed inSight, Cambridge, Massachusetts. A. Swan-Sein is director, Center for Education Research and Evaluation, and assistant professor of educational assessment in pediatrics and dental medicine, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York; ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3139-4626. C. Capello is associate director, Office of Curriculum and Educational Development, director, Office of Academic Assistance, and associate professor of geriatrics education in medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York.

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